SJ Group has announced the appointment of Kelvin Wong as Group Chief Commercial Officer and Region Head, Asia, effective 1 July 2026, reporting to Group CEO Sean Chiao.
The appointment brings one of the built environment sector’s most accomplished leaders into a newly configured role, combining commercial strategy across SJ’s global business and responsibility for Asia.
As Group Chief Commercial Officer, Mr Wong will lead SJ’s commercial strategy across the full client lifecycle from market positioning and business development to contracts and client management. His mandate extends to SJ’s other regions and Centres of Excellence, aligning technical delivery with commercial outcomes.
As Region Head for Asia, he will oversee a region that accounts for more than half of SJ’s global workforce and over 60 per cent of its global revenue in 2025.
SJ Chairman Chaly Mah said, “The Board is pleased to welcome someone of Kelvin’s standing to SJ. His appointment reflects the strength of SJ’s trajectory and the quality of leadership we are able to attract. We look forward to the impact Kelvin will have.”
Group CEO Sean Chiao added, “What our clients need from us is rigour, depth, and the ability to deliver. Kelvin has spent three decades in roles that shaped industries, built national capabilities, and driven change at the highest levels of government and industry. I am very glad to have him at SJ.”
Kelvin Wong commented, “SJ has the ambition and what it takes to make the built environment sustainable, resilient, AI-driven, and talent-centric. My career has traced an arc from policy to promotion, and regulation to industry engagement, always in service of the broader community. SJ is where that work continues, at scale, and with a team I am proud to be joining.”
Mr Wong joins SJ from the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) in Singapore, where, as CEO for six years, he led a sector-wide transformation spanning sustainability, productivity, digital adoption, and collaborative contracting. Before BCA, he spent 24 years at the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), where he built national capabilities in emerging growth sectors, shaped policy on talent, land, and carbon, and led EDB’s strategies for engaging conglomerates.
Throughout his career, Mr Wong has worked with government and private sector leaders across Asia, the United States, and Europe. He holds a Master of Science in Communications and Signal Processing from Imperial College London.
